\n The Leader showcased the top 10 finalists, featuring a wide variety of gyms across Wrexham and Flintshire but taking the top spot is Meritor Fitness Club, in Llay, Wrexham.\n<\/p>\n
\n The win is a great start to the year for owner Mike Irwin, who will celebrate 11 years in business in 2026.\n<\/p>\n
\n On hearing Meritor Fitness Club had flexed its way to the top spot, he said: “Thanks to everyone who voted for us, we were just surprised to have even made it to the top 10. It’s amazing, brilliant news.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The 39-year-old believes consistency is key to success at the gym, located on Rackery Lane.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mike added: “I think one of the reasons we’re popular is we keep the same attitude throughout, using what brought you to the dance.\n<\/p>\n
\n “And it’s about the community here. We keep our members happy, and they stay.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Meritor currently has about 1,000 members, ranging in age up to 80-years-old, and a rising number of women joining the gym. And most come through word of mouth and recommendation.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mike, who also opened a second gym in Saltney about 12 months ago, has constantly invested in the business since the start.\n<\/p>\n
\n This has seen Meritor grow over the years. Initially starting out in a tiny space, Mike has since moved into a bigger unit, creating zones for specific areas of exercise.\n<\/p>\n
\n Fully aware that a gym can be a daunting experience, especially for first timers, he has created a welcoming space that people can feel happy enough to ask for advice or help. As well as this, he has installed QR codes on all machines, that show the user a short video on how to use it.\n<\/p>\n
\n A big believer in giving back, the club also coaches the Llay Welfare Junior Football team.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 For more details about Meritor Fitness Club, visit their Facebook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Leader showcased the top 10 finalists, featuring a wide variety of gyms across Wrexham and Flintshire but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[49,48,407,84],"class_list":["post-466216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fitness","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}